Legal News Archive: May 2017

The failure of Metal-on-Metal hip implants is now well established. Multiple manufacturers have recalled the devices, a clear acknowledgement that the devices are unsafe. A series of successful lawsuits against some of those companies have established that these implants were defective at the design stage, posing a serious health risk to anyone who received them from the moment they were conceived.

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A worker at a decommissioned nuclear weapons facility in Washington State might have carried radioactive contamination home with him after his clothes were exposed. The incident happened on May 18th. Politicians in the state are calling on the federal government to expedite the decontamination of the site, a project which has been underway since 1989.

One person is dead and another is paralyzed after a rest stop in California served nacho cheese tainted with Botulism for nearly a week. Botulism is a rare and deadly foodborne infection that was much more common when tin was used for canning goods in the United States. Botulism has been mostly eradicated through better food sanitation practices, and is now better known for its cosmetic and medicinal purposes as Botox.

Water parks can be a great way to cool down on a hot summer day. Offering slides, pools, and other attractions, water parks offer family fun as well as opportunities for teenagers and young adults to spend time with their friends.

Just two months ago, Johnson & Johnson were declaring victory and vindication after winning a single trial in St. Louis. The company claimed momentum and that juries were beginning to believe their version of science. But any momentum was short-lived, as a Virginia jury this month saw things differently than the group in St. Louis.

Determining whether or not you have cancer is usually a multi-step process. Dependent upon the type of cancer, the process can look a little different, but it usually starts with displaying symptoms consistent with a cancer diagnosis. This is not always true in the case of breast cancer, colon cancer, or other types of cancer where screening tests are performed proactively.

A Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is always devastating for the individual who suffers the injury. These injuries tend to affect a person’s moods, daily living skills, and ability to hold a job. Relationships are drastically changed, as the person with the brain injury sometimes cannot manage the same responsibilities.

Drafting a bill is often difficult work for politicians. This can be especially true when dealing with an issue as complex as the American healthcare system. Determining coverage requirements and limits, addressing medication and availabilities and costs, and defining the separation between state and federal responsibilities often takes hundreds of pages.

New York State was one of the first states to ban fracking back in 2014. Fracking is a controversial technique for harvesting oil and gas from shale and other deposits. Fracking requires literally fracturing the earth to make these substances are easier to gather. To do so, large machines are used to generate thousands of tons of pressure.

Older Americans have spent their entire lives working hard and preparing for retirement. Utilizing whatever they were able to save through pensions and property, they slowly draw down their funds and rely on Social Security and Medicare to make it on a month-to-month basis. They have earned the right to relax, but unfortunately there are hundreds of people seeking to take advantage of this population.

Summer is nearly upon us. Kids are out of school for a couple of months, and the weather is nice enough for them to spend more and more time outside. Parents are faced with difficult choices regarding the level of supervision a child needs in the neighborhood or even in their own backyards.

Necrotizing Enterocolitis (NEC) is a disease that predominantly affects premature infants. It is caused when portions of the small or large intestine undergo necrosis, or tissue death, leading to malnutrition and other complications. Though mortality rates are improving, 20 to 40 fatality rates persist for infants who suffer this disease.

Determining the extent of a disability can be difficult. Though there are a variety of tests, including physical, mental, emotional, and neurological benchmarks, figuring out the exact limitations for any particularly person is still an arduous process, particularly for the person being assessed. Being put through a battery of assessments only to discover that your diagnosis does not fit your own perception of your abilities is extremely frustrating.

The Investigative Reporters and Editors competition is a prestigious award for journalists who delve into topics that many people just want to ignore. This year, reporters for Penn Live won the award for their 2016 investigation into nursing home injuries and deaths in the state of Pennsylvania. The six part investigation opened thousands of eyes to the dangers present in nursing homes.

Machines have been helping doctors make diagnoses for decades now. CT scans, PET scans and x-rays have made diagnosing certain diseases, such as lung cancer, brain lesions, and even pneumonia significantly simpler and more reliable. No longer are doctors required to use only the patient’s symptoms to make a decision. Additional information is almost always a good thing.

Reading between the lines is important when looking at the news. What is presented as positive often attempts to hide a negative that has existed for too long. That is the case with new research from the University of California San Francisco regarding radiation doses for people undergoing CT scans.

We will never know how many warnings designers and manufacturers of Metal-on-Metal received from their engineers during the development of their products, but a recent investigation by the London Telegraph makes it clear that at least one engineer at one company was well aware of the risks of these devices.

Medical Malpractice settlement in Pennsylvania for a young child who suffered from a severe injury to the intestinal tract due to a delay by the hospital and doctor in diagnosis and treating Necrotising Enterocolitis.Read More

Our client, a 52-year-old executive secretary had an extensive stay in a local Nassau County hospital. She was discharged and thereafter had persistent nausea and vomiting for a two-week period.Read More

Settlement with the State of New York in the Court of Claims for a victim who sustained brain damage while descending a recreational tube slide on a slope negligently designed by New York State.Read More

Verdict against Phillip Brothers Chemical Company, Inc. who failed to adequately warn a worker in an electroplating plant how to properly add zinc cyanide to a brass plating mixture resulting in an explosion causing burns and loss of vision in one eye.Read More

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